http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-banks-20111105,0,6217594.column
Sandy Banks speaks about the elementary school in Los Angeles, Plummer Elementary in the San Fernando Valley campus. After doing her research at the school, she was surprised to see that one of the poorest schools with the majority of it's attendants who do not speak English, was ranked one of the highest scoring schools in the area. She had a meeting with the principal of the school, Angel Barrett, who claimed that once she saw that the campus was on the list of failing schools, she created a plan for all teachers to shape up their acts in order to fix the errors of the school. She gave the teachers homework, made them meet together to discuss areas in which they could improve on and presented them with an ultimatum of 200% change or they would be fired. After a tough transition, the hard work paid off with the children having some of the highest test scores in the area.
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